knocked-up with a tattoo on my lower stomach

so a few years ago i got this small tattoo on my lower stomach close to my right hip and now im pregnant. im not showing yet so i dont know how ugly its gonna get but i know its going to stretch and im ok with that. i am wondering if it is going to go back to normal after i have the baby and loose the weight though. i can take a few months with the craziness but not forever.

It will stretch out, yes.. but it will return to normal with minimal distortion, as your stomach returns to it's shape before pregnancy. google "tattoo changes during pregnancy" and you'll get a bunch of info, and images. also, some suicide girl "Twwly" has documented her entire tattoo/pregnancy every step of the way via pictures. it's in the tattoo forum section of suicidegirls.com. It will be fine.

Not necessarily! Some mothers return to normal and some are left with bad stretch marks that can wreck an existing tattoo. Take care of your skin as carefully as you can and hope for the best....and hey, even if ya do get stretch marks...its a badge of honor! You are gonna be a MOMMY!! Good luck on the baby kid!!

nice uneducated reply taz. again, show us your fucking portfolio because you went and banned my ip address from posting your scratching daddoos. and it will stretch if you get fat. just because you are pregnant doesn't mean you have to get fat. nature is going to tell you to eat when you're hungry. as in any other time of your life, you eat when you're hungry and you stop when you're full and you won't turn into a sack of lard.

well thanks. im not worried about getting 'fat' but just wanted to know if my tattoo will look normal when ever i get back to normal. so thanks to the people that answered my only question.

As I have said Bobby just go to the forum and there ya go... Banned you?...I am a computer idiot and wouldn't know how to ban anyone and besides I wouldn't...not even you man! Have a nice day!

pah! bob u called Taz's reply uneducated, but yet you go on to talk absolute shit yourself, if you infact took time to read what the original poster had wrote instead of jumping on Taz you would see that she is not worried about becoming fat because she pigs out all day, she is pregnant, and even if not a morsel passes her lips for the next 40 weeks her stomach will still grow!. so... firstly, congrats on the baby, im wishing you well. secondly, yes as Taz said there is a chance u will get stretch marks, so you will have to do your best to help the skin stay subtle, start moisturising your stomach now and continue to do so through out the pregnancy, if your lucky enough not to get strech marks through the tattoo is should return to normal. ps.. i would advise you moisturise your boobs, under your arms and the back of your knees too these areas are also prone to stretch marks. lol

wow bob you desver some sort of medal for that replay. While I'm not a tattoo artist common sense tells us that if your pregnant you gain weight, because there is another human growing in side her womb. As for your question the best thing I can think of is that it might and might not because as you said it's on your right hip and the majority of pregnant woman I have seen have more of the weight put on in the front because thats where the womb is but there still will be weight gained from excess eating because as they say you will be eating for two know. Also congrats on becoming a mom, must be one of the most exciting things that has ever happened to you. Also if there is sterching I don't see why that couldn't be fixed up after you drop the weight

besides the weight gain factor, you cant change your genetics...even with excellent skin care, some people are just prone to stretch marks.... "During the third trimester, pregnancy hormones cause the ligaments holding the pelvic girdle together to soften, allowing the birth canal to widen during labor and delivery. Also, as the pregnancy progresses and you gain more weight, more fat collects on the outside of the hips" so your pelvis will separate slightly and your hips will widen on the bright side, its all worth it when you hold your new little bundle....good luck and congratulations!!

sorry fucktards, the two most significant contributors to whether or not a woman gets stretch marks during pregnancy are weight gain and nutrition! and nearly all babies are of the same weight. if you americans weren't such pigs you wouldn't get so obese with your 80 oz sodas and 1500 calorie burgers. the fact is most american women are overweight to begin with, and they just pack on the pounds when they are pregnant to the point of being excessive. your misinformation is summed up in your "eating for two" comments because well you are not eating for two. you are eating for basically 1.025 and it is taken as a carte blanche to shovel ice cream down your throat like you are rosie o'donnell and roseanne in an eating contest. As with men, the cause of stretch marks is rapid and excessive weight gain. The key here being EXCESSIVE. Weight gain is not rapid in pregnancy albeit that it does not increase much until the start of the third trimester. So come at me all you want with your "you're not a woman comments" I could care. And fuck you taz for blocking me from your website to show everyone want a shitty scratcher you are.

Bob I am so sorry that you think you are blocked but I am trying to tell you that I have blocked NO ONE from any site that I am on....I don't have any authority to block anyone. Tell me what site you are talking about and I would be happy to try to find out who blocked you etc etc...I mean it Bob...I did NOT block you or anyone else form any site that I am on. Have you considered that someone else blocked you because of your insulting manner?

Packwood is homo.

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Ya know fellas, I am not sure what makes a person act as Bob P does but its a damn shame because he is obviously an intelligent literate and educated guy. With his knowledge he could really be helpful to posters here.

No Taz, Bob is not very helpful he's to busy critisising Americans. Im not american myself im Australian but I sure don't like seeing people critisise innocent people. Bob first of all with your attitude you deserve to be blocked because no one wants to talk to an asshole. Congrads on the baby. Im happy for you. I cant wait for that experience myself. One day lol. I was wondering the same thing actually about getting the tattoo there and then having it stretched but it is true about the moisterising and some advise. I dont think its a good idea to over eat to much junk. Because its not neccasary. Stick to healthy foods your baby will be a lot healthier anyway by that. But of course you'd be craving some fatty foods which is normal. But the more you pig out the more likely it is to get stretch marks from putting fat on that is not needed.

eating for two while pregnant refers to the fact that most women dont actually want to eat while pregnant but you have to as the baby as well as yourself need the norishment, eating for two does not mean an extra portion. just for those who give a shit lol !

just teaching the truth scratcher. and tinkerbell you logic is flawed. excess weight gain during pregnancy is due to eating too much. just as it is sans pregnancy. your body tells you how much, and of what to eat. by not listening to it, you are setting yourself up for stretch marks. your child will not suffer any damage by you not eating excessively. just eat when you are hungry and until satiation.

ok bob... you are actually starting to irritate me. you should probably start your own message board about all the shit you want to talk about taz because I DIDNT ASK! All i wanted to know was will my tattoo look normal after i loose the baby weight... thats it. and if taz did block you i think you deserve it for being such a shit talker. you forgot the main reason for getting stretch marks... genetics! do some research... check out another site instead of this one. i eat a well ballanced diet i weigh 130 and i am 5.6. and i have a pretty juicy bootie ; ) so im nowhere near fat and i definatly dont drink 80oz sodas and eat 1500 cal burgers. i dont obsess over my weight because i did get pregnant so i obviously have a man that loves me THE WAY I AM. i do know that eating for two is just a saying. you sre supposed to only add something like 500 cal do your regular diet. so if you feel the need to rant about fat americans or other people that have been more help than you please start your own page and leave me out of it! to everyone else thanks for the advice and the congrats! i have some fruit of the earth vitamine e cream and have been layering that stuff on. my younger sis didnt get any stretch marks from having her baby and my mom is free of them also but i am still cautious. i am only about 10 weeks now so i have a while to go.

yeah bob.. you fuckin idiot you forgot to mention the fact that being pregnant means you have a baby growing in the womb, which affects the size of your tummy, hence the "bump".. so regardless if you over eat or not you are still at rish of strech marks because the skin only has the capacity to strech so far... Fuck all to do with weight or over eating you muppet! i also love the fact i have a MAN telling me my info is flawed on a female condition i have experianced TWICE.